Since the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, at end of the First World War the Hungarian speaking Szekely people have been geographically isolated in eastern Romania. Local folklore tells of their arrival a thousand years ago from the Asian steppes while others traveled on to settle in what has become present-day Hungary. Even through communism, or maybe because of it, they have continued a way of life that has changed little for hundreds of years, until now. In the Gyimes region of the Szekely land the outdoor bread ovens are falling idle and satellite dishes adorn the roofs and gardens of the better off. Aided by Hungary and the European Union the region is very slowly developing but many people still stick to the old ways either through need or tradition.

3、They milk 260 sheep three times a day to make cheese which is sold on the market in Sepsiszentgyorgy, the town in the background.

4、Using a horse to pull the plough the family works together planting potatoes.

11、With a meter of snow, it is difficult just getting their sledges to their barn to collect hay in the mountains high above the village of Javardipataka, Gyimes,